Patents by Inventor Mark Feldmeier
Mark Feldmeier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8593073Abstract: In illustrative implementations of this invention, a lighting system comprises a plurality of LEDs, fluorescent lights, incandescent lights, a processor, a sensor node and a human-computer interface. The sensor is adapted to be moved by a user and placed in the location that a user wants to illumine. The LED lights are adapted to emit pulse-width modulated (PWM) light, controlled by signals from the processor. The lighting system is adapted to optimize parameters (such as efficacy or color rendering index) selected by the user, subject to certain constraints (such as desired illuminance or color temperature). According to principles of this invention, if a sensor is moved, attenuation may be measured and the inverse square law may be used to determine how constraints in an optimization algorithm need to be updated.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Matthew Aldrich, Mark Feldmeier, Joseph Paradiso
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Publication number: 20120031984Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, control apparatus for a HVAC system provides personalized comfort control. It can adjust local conditions in different rooms within a building in order to maximize the perceived comfort of individual occupants. The control apparatus locates individuals within a building. For each individual, it senses temperature, humidity and other parameters at the individual's location, calculates a comfort metric indicative of the user's comfort, and can control the flow of chilled or heated air to the individual's location in order to adjust local conditions to maximize the individual's comfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Mark Feldmeier, Joseph Paradiso
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Publication number: 20110089842Abstract: In illustrative implementations of this invention, a lighting system comprises a plurality of LEDs, fluorescent lights, incandescent lights, a processor, a sensor node and a human-computer interface. The sensor is adapted to be moved by a user and placed in the location that a user wants to illumine. The LED lights are adapted to emit pulse-width modulated (PWM) light, controlled by signals from the processor. The lighting system is adapted to optimize parameters (such as efficacy or color rendering index) selected by the user, subject to certain constraints (such as desired illuminance or color temperature). According to principles of this invention, if a sensor is moved, attenuation may be measured and the inverse square law may be used to determine how constraints in an optimization algorithm need to be updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Matthew Aldrich, Mark Feldmeier, Joseph Paradiso
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Publication number: 20080094210Abstract: A multimodal sensor network node is integrated into a power strip. A sensor platform comprises a power outlet, typically in the form of a power strip, at least one environmental sensor integrated into the power strip, and at least one transceiver for communicating data measured by the sensor. A sensor network is made up of a group of sensor platforms. The platforms may include a controller for directing measurement and communication of data by the sensors, and may communicate through wireless or wired communication. The device has access to power through its line cord, can control and measure the current profile consumed by devices plugged into its outlets and control the voltage at each outlet independently, supports an ensemble of sensors, and can connect to other devices. Typically, microphone, light, temperature, and vibration sensors are intrinsically built into the device, while other sensor types can be added easily.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Joseph Paradiso, Joshua Lifton, Mark Feldmeier, Yasuhiro Ono
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Patent number: 6933655Abstract: A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Gerald O. Morrison, H. Winston Maue, Brian P. Skarb, Michael J. Berta, Richard Meinzer, Joseph Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier, John Youngs
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Publication number: 20040124741Abstract: A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Gerald O. Morrison, H. Winston Maue, Brian P. Skarb, Michael J. Berta, Richard Meinzer, Joseph Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier, John Youngs
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Patent number: 6700310Abstract: A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignees: Lear Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: H. Winston Maue, Richard Meinzer, Joe Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier
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Publication number: 20020074898Abstract: A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: H. Winston Maue, Richard Meinzer, Joe Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier